The Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver (JFGV) does it again! In conjunction with CIJA, the Ronald S Roadburg Foundation and Temple Sholom, it dares to re-invite to Vancouver the déjà-vu, controversial and divisive speaker Achinoam Nini who is scheduled to address the community “in conversation” (not a concert) on October 30th, 2024, at Temple Sholom.

For Vancouverites, the name may sound familiar. Achinoam certainly gained the title of celebrity in the entertainment world as a renowned Israeli singer and songwriter, also described as a humanitarian activist who advocates for peace in the country of her birth. Yet her political views, far from being controversial, reveal her ugly anti-Israel government agenda, much like a self-hating Jew. In her sweet and caring voice, she dares to qualify Israel as "the occupier in its own land," and advocates for a two-state solution undermining Israel’s repetitive offers given in the past seven decades.

Let’s not forget! Back in 2016, Achinoam Nini was invited by the JFGV to perform at the Yom Haatzmaut concert in Vancouver, an honour she hardly deserved based on the 500 folks who signed a petition against featuring an in-house problematic emblem of conflictive beliefs and ideas, as proven by the 500+ folks that signed the petition against hosting her, including the Jewish National Fund of Canada withdrawing its support, but the Israeli Consulate in Canada saved the day allowing the concert to proceed, albeit the low attendance for such occasion as the miraculous birthday of Israel to be attended by Jews of every possible denomination.

The link to the 2006 petition is pasted below (please scroll down to read self-explanatory comments.)

https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/stopnini?utm_s...

Back to the present day, it seems unfathomable that post the October 7, 2023 massacre, leaders in our local community offer a podium and a microphone to individuals like Achinoam Nini and other far-left, anti-Israeli government activists and rally organizers whose personal political agenda works against the very survival of our small Jewish nation that exists today thanks to the brave IDF soldiers, many who gave up their lives for the cause, while the rest waste no breath to criticize their leaders and use every drop of energy to annihilate the wells of evil that spares no limit to destroy even the most fervent peace-loving Jew in its ancestral land.

Much can be added about this singer’s provocative beliefs. One could say that all Jewish voices have value, except those that work against the very heart and blood of all Jews who stand by their own especially at this unprecedented dangerous time in history.

This is a revealing video about Achinoam’s beliefs. https://www.noasmusic.com/post/noa-talks-about-the...